Discussion 3

Description
go to finance.yahoo.com and choose a company that you wish to analyze. You may
not choose Nike since Nike is used in the lesson for this module and will be used as a sample post for this
week?s discussion by your instructor. Enter the company name in the box to the left of ?Get Quotes? near the top
left of the page. Once you have the company overview page open, to the left you will see a list of links for
further information on that firm. Near the bottom of the link column are financial statements. Open the firm?s
income statement; this is the firm?s most recently reported annual income statement. You should see 3 years of
data in almost all cases. If you do not, choose another firm. The dates of the income statement will vary by
company since companies may or may not have a fiscal year end of December 31.
Using the income statement you found, compute your chosen firm?s gross profit margin, operating income
margin, and net income margin (using the equations found in this module?s instruction) for the past 3 years.
Include the numerator and denominator for each ratio. After you report the ratios, please discuss the economic
interpretation of your results. You might want to read the instructor?s sample post before you begin. Do not
duplicate firms; if someone else has reported on a firm, you may not use that firm for this assignment. To
eliminate duplication of firms, please indicate your firm choice in the title of your post. Your instructor is likely
to have questions/comments on your original post so be sure to be prepared for those potential questions.

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